The recruitment and operations of child soldiers have been hitting the headlines in politics and the media for many years. However, a much broader circle of children is affected by armed conflicts. Hence, the many challenges to deal with youth affected by armed conflict exceed by far the issue of th...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Derluyn, Ilse 1977- (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge, United Kingdom Intersentia c2012
Schriftenreihe:	Series on transitional justice 11
Schlagworte:	Children and war / Congresses Child psychology / Congresses Transitional justice / Congresses Youth in peace-building / Congresses Children's rights / Congresses Menschenrecht Kind Soldat Konferenzschrift
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 UBG01 URL des Erstveröffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	The recruitment and operations of child soldiers have been hitting the headlines in politics and the media for many years. However, a much broader circle of children is affected by armed conflicts. Hence, the many challenges to deal with youth affected by armed conflict exceed by far the issue of the recruitment and demobilisation of child soldiers, but also extend to questions of rehabilitation, reintegration and reconciliation processes of all children and youths. In stark contrast to the complex reality of armed conflict and the involvement of children therein, academic work thus far has taken a rather narrow view on the matter. International children's rights law has mostly focused on age limits for the recruitment of children and international criminal law has dealt with the prosecution and punishment of child recruiters. The disciplines of psychology and pedagogical sciences have merely emphasised the effects of and recovery from traumatic exposure by individuals, with some attempts for a more psychosocial perspective. Finally, studies in the field of transitional justice have paid remarkably little attention, until very recently, to the role of children in transitional justice mechanisms, both as victims and offenders. This book brings together for the first time a wide range of leading scholars from three disciplinary perspectives (children's rights, psychosocial studies and transitional justice). It aims at enhancing a multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation, reintegration and reconciliation processes of children and adolescents affected by armed conflict. The 22 chapters are specifically written for this volume and deal with theoretical perspectives, empirical findings and country reports. The book also contains prefaces from two distinguished academics and policy makers in the field of international children's rights. It will therefore not only be of interest to academics, but also to policy makers, practitioners, non-governmental organisations, the media, and every citizen interested. 'All chapters of the work are powerful and immensely knowledgeable and helpful. The book is a compressive work on the subject which should be recommended to academic researchers as well as layman.' Farhad Malekian, distinguished Visiting Professor of International Criminal Law and Justice and Director of the Institute of International Criminal Law, Uppsala, Sweden, in Criminal Law Forum (2015) 26
Beschreibung:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021) Introduction - Children affected by armed conflict at the intersection of three fields of study - Cindy Mels ... [et al.] -- - International legal protection for the recovery and reintegration of war-affected children - Bo Victor Nylund -- - Psychosocial well-being and the integration of war-affected children : toward a community resilience approach - Michael Wessells -- - Integrating transitional justice and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration : the need to achieve rehabilitation, reintegration, and reconciliation for child soldiers and child victims of enforced disappearances - Jeremy Sarkin -- - And the children learned not to cry : stories about children and transitional justice in Latin America - Javier Ciurlizza -- - When Hurbinek survives : transitional justice and children's rights : lessons learnt from Rwanda - Pietro Sullo -- - "We have life without living" : addressing the legacies of genocide for Rwanda's children and youth - Kirrily Pells -- - Rehabilitating separated children through holistic, community-based models - Jessica Muir and Elhum Shakerifar -- - Release and reintegration of child soldiers : one part of a bigger puzzle - Lucia Withers -- - No return home : the (non-)reintegration of youth ex-combatants in Sierra Leone as a challenge to the contextualisation of DDR and transitional justice - Martien Schotsman -- - Support to the education and livelihoods of war-affected children and youth in Northern Uganda - Ann Lorschiedter and Femke Bannink-Mbazzi -- - Transitional justice implications for the use of child soldiers in Eritrea - Daniel R. Mekonnen -- - Children in twentieth century Europe affected by war : historical experiences in giving them refuge - Frank Caestecker -- - Life in rebel captivity and its challenges for the psychosocial rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers : the case of Northern Uganda - Sofie Vindevogel ... [et al.] -- - Psychosocial care in rehabilitation centres for former child soldiers in Northern Uganda - Kathleen Coppens ... [et al.] -- - Lessons learnt from the rehabilitation and reintegration of girl mothers from Northern Uganda : a case study from the Gulu district - Sarah Kamya and Charles N. Bwana -- - Community-based approaches to the reintegration of self-demobilised child soldiers : the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo - Mulanda Juma -- - Psychosocial adjustment and mental health services in post-conflict Sierra Leone : experiences of CAAFAG and war-affected youth, families and service providers - Theresa Betancourt ... [et al.] -- - The fit between mental health needs and programming response for war-affected children in Northern Uganda - James Okello ... [et al.] -- - War-affected children, international crisis of meaning, and the limits of rehabilitation programs - Vanessa Pupavac -- - Exploring the context for adolescent mental health and psychosocial assistance in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - Cindy Mels ... [et al.] -- - A gender perspective on girls and young women in armed conflicts and organised armed violence : some examples from Latin America - Maria Luisa Bartolomei -- - On children's rights and wrongs : the challenges for a rights-based approach to integration - Yannick Weyns
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (xxxviii, 568 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781839700705
DOI:	10.1017/9781839700705